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And national minimum standards for nonpartisan map making for drawing congressional districts and federal standards for handling elections equipment and records including cyber security around those things. it's a lot. it's 600 pages of a lot. the democrats say every single democratic senator will support it. crucially they have put democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia in charge of scaring up ten republican senators to vote for this major so it can survive another inevitable republican filibuster. that said the lead republican of the senate, mitch mcconnell, already promised today w...

Around the country. well, the freedom to vote act released today for the first time is 592 pages of compromised legislation that would establish national minimum standards for early voting and vote by mail and national minimum standards for nonpartisan map making for drawing congressional districts and federal standards for handling elections equipment and records including cyber security around those things. it's a lot. it's 600 pages of a lot. the democrats say every single democratic senator will support it. crucially they have put democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia in charge o...

Opposition, while also bolstering stirring voting rates for real. right now, these republican fantasies about elections, are being treated as pretext enough, to nuke voting rights and to nuke the professional nonpartisan ministration of election all around the country. the freedom to vote act, released today, for the first time, is 592 pages of compromise legislation, that would establish national minimum standards for early voting, and vote by mail and national minimum standards for non partisan map making. for drawing congressional districts in federal standards for handling equipment and re...

In the country but they know how to practice the dark arts of map making, as well. i think the key event of the last generation is the gutting of the voting rights act. it made preclearance no longer necessary so states where there's been significant growth like florida, georgia and texas will be able to remap without the federal government looking over the shoulder and see in states even where minority presence has increased enormously maps where the people in power get to choose the voters rather than voters choosing the people in power. >> professor beltran, how do you see this? what do you...

Are afraid of density. anyone where there is population denity they are losing ground. they need to move their districts into the country side in order to shore them up. >> i have a feeling there will be a lot of republicans wishing they were in on fair districts. follow him at @redistrict. enjoy map making for the next few months. >> happy census week. >> did you get enough? i have more. attorney general eric holder will be here to talk about the battle lines being drawn literally and figuratively. he is in charge of the redistricting fight on behalf of democrats when it comes to these maps. ...